ARC FLASH TRAINING / NFPA 70E

www.csem.com offers NFPA 70E, titled Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, is a standard of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The document covers electrical safety training course requirements for employees. The NFPA does sponsorship the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) as well as supports OSHA as a consensus standard.

NFPA 70E addresses employee arc flash workplace electrical safety hazards and builds the requirements for safety courses, classes and training programs. The NFPA 70E standard focuses on practical engineering controls, Management controls and personal protective equipment ensembles that allow workers to be safe and productive within their job functions. Specifically, the standard covers the safety requirements for the following:

1) Electrical conductors and equipment installed within or on buildings or other structures, including mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and other premises (yards, carnivals, parking lots, and industrial substations)

2) Conductors that connect installations to a supply of electricity

Not covered are – electrical installations in marine, aircraft, auto vehicles, communications and electrical utilities.

Key principles covered are shock protection boundaries, arc flash energies, Lock-out/Tag-out, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). While the various OSHA, ASTM, IEEE and NEC standard provide guidelines for performance, NFPA 70E addresses practices and is widely considered as the de-facto standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.

OUTLINE:

I. Introduction to NFPA 70E

II. Safety Related Work Practices

III. General Requirements for Electrical Safety Related Work Practices

IV. Electrical Safety Program

V. Transformer Current Ratings

VI. Energized Electrical Work Permits

VII. Lock-out / Tag-out

VIII. Working On or Near Live Parts

IX. Alternative Methods of Determining Arc Flash FR

Clothing and PPE

X. General NFPA 70E Standards Pertaining to Personal and Other Protective